Beyond the Hoodie: A Visual Reimagining of Cybersecurity

Art project by Fraunhofer SIT in collaboration with students from Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

IT security and cybersecurity don’t produce images—which is why articles on the subject are often illustrated with stock images: the hooded hacker in front of a computer, zeros and ones arranged in a matrix, keys and locks—all typically rendered in a techno-spacey blue. That’s why the marketing department at Fraunhofer SIT is always looking for new ways to visualize cybersecurity topics. In a project with students from the Department of Design at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, many new illustrations on a wide variety of aspects of cybersecurity were created. Participants included: Kira Eisel, Maria Buttenhoff, Maxeli Gehrmann, Max Gelfand, Denise Lisowski, Simone Schroeder, Jannik Stegen, Valentina Root, and Prof. Dr. Sabine Zimmermann.

You are welcome to download and use the images free of charge—please note the terms of use.

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